Detachable awning for windows or doors.



w. s. ARMSTRONG. DETACHABLE AWNING FOR WINDOWS OB DOORS.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1898.)

' (No Model.)

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WALTER s. ARMSTRONG, OF RUTHVEN, IOWA, A ssIeNoR or ONE-HALF TO FRED H. BAGG, or VALLEY JUNCTION, IOWA.

DETACHABLE AWNING FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,110, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed December 6, 1898- Serial No. 698,490. (No model.) 7

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Beitknown thatI, WALTERSARMSTRONG, heads of the clips 13 are formed with two a citizen of the United States, residing at faces at right angles to each other and a con- Ruthven, in the county of Palo Alto and State caved outer face connecting the extremities 5 of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Deof the other two faces. The heads of the tachable Awning for Windows or Doors, of clips 13 are formedwith screw-seats 14: 15, which the following is a specification. whereby screws are admitted to secure the The object of this invention is to provide clips to the casings. The stems of the clips improved means for sustaining an awning 13 are so positioned that they stand out from [0 and detachably connecting the same to the and parallel with the casings when the clips frame of a window or door. are mounted for use.

My invention consists in the construction, The awning-frame is preferably made of arrangement, and combination of elements gas-pipe and consists of a U-shaped part 16 hereinafter set forth,pointed outin my claims, and a lower part 17 of corresponding shape.

15 and illustrated by the accompanying draw- The-lower end portions of the parallel bars of ings, in whichthe upper part are bent outward, and their Figure 1 is a perspective showing my awnupper end portions are engaged by the outer ing-frame attached or mounted as required jaws 18 of the clamp 19. The side bars of the for practical use, the dotted lines indicating frame 16 are engaged by the outer jaws 18 of 20- the position of the awning fabric when mounta clamp 19.

ed on the frame. Fig. 2 is a perspective view The clamp 19 comprises two mating memofa device for detachably connect-ing an awnbers oppositely arranged and connected by ing-frame with a'window and consists of a an adjusting-screw 20, the ends of the memcasting to be fixed to a window-casing and a bers being formed as jaws and surroundinga 2 5 clamping device adapted to be detachably space of sufficient diameter to admit the side fixed to the casting and to an awning-frame. bars of the frame. The jaws at each end of Fig. 3 is a detail edge view of a hinge in the the clamps are alike and are rounded on their awning-frame. Fig. at is a detail perspective outer surfaces to seat at one end or the otherof one of the lower pair of clips, whereby the in the concaved or grooved edges of the forked 3o awning-frame is connected to' the buildingportions of the castings 11 or embrace the frame. stems of the clips 13 or embrace the side In the construction and mounting of the debars of the frame 16, as occasion and the convice, as shown, the numeral 10 designates a venience of the operator may determine.

window frame. Oastin gs 11, alike in con- The side bars of the frame 16 are connected B 5 struction, are mounted. on and fixed to the to the castings 11 by clamps embracing parts t? outer face casings'of the frame 10 and near of the U-shaped frame 16 and seated in the the upper ends of said casings. Each casting castings, and said frame is attached to the 11 consists of a body portion having two upclips 13 by clamps embracing both parts of the wardly-extending1ugs,the inneredge of which frame 16 and the stems of the clips 13. 0 is cut away to form a concave seat for the The U-shaped frames 16 17 are connected reception of the convex end of the clamp 19. by clutching-hinges as follows: The clutch- A screw-seat 12 is formed in the lower portion, ing-hinges are each formed of two members wherebya screwisadmitted to mountthecast- 21 22, having circular body-plates serrated ing on the casin g. Clips 13, alike in construcor notched by ratchet-teeth on adjacent faces 5 tion, are mounted on and fixed to the outer and mating or meshing with each other, and facesof thecasings,towhichthecastings 11 are stems 21 22, radially projecting from the fixed, and are located at or below the centers of plates, the body-plates being centrally apersaid casings or in any other desired positions tured and provided with an adjusting-screw 10o below the castings 11. The clips 13 are each 23, loosely traversing one aperture and screw- 50 formed of a single piece of metal and comseated in the other aperture. By hangingthe prise oppositely-arranged heads connected by ends of the frame 17 to the horizontal extena stem circular in cross-section and of less disions at the bottom of the frame 16 the frame 17 can incline toward the window and against the upper part of the frame 16 to rest there, so that its weight will aid in retaining it in such inclined position. The awning fabric, (not fully shown,) of common form and material, is fixed at or near its margins to the frames 16 17.

The awning-frame may be removed from the window or door frame by first releasing the clamps connecting the part 16 and clips 13 and then raising the awning-frame to lift the upper clamps out of the forked castings 11.

The part 17 may be adjusted or oscillated relative to the part 16 by unscrewing the adjusting-screws 23 sufiiciently to permit the meshing faces of the body-plates of the clutching-hinges to pass each other and may be retained at any desired acute angle to the bow 16 by seating the screws to bring the said meshing faces of the hinges together.

I claim as my invention 1. In a detachable awning, a casting consisting of a body portion having two upwardlyextending lugs, the inner edges of which are cut away to form a concave seat for the reception of the convex end of a clamp, and a clamp consisting of two mating members ha ving ends adapted to enter said concave seat and to engage an awning-frame, in combination with an awning-frame, as shown and described for the purposes stated.

2. In a detachable awning, a clip consisting of oppositely-arranged heads, adapted to be fixed to a door or window facing by means of screws, and connected by a round stem and a two-part clamp adapted to engage said stem at one of its ends and an awning-frame at its other end, in combination with an awning-frame, as shown and described, for the purposes stated.

3. In a detachable awning, a clamp composed of two mating parts detachably connected by means of a screw and their ends adapted to enter a concave seat in a fixed casting and also adapted to engage an awning-frame, in combination with a fixed casting having a concave seat for the end of said clamp and an awningframe, as shown and described for the purposes stated.

4.-. An adjustable and detachable awning comprising a frame of two U-shaped parts hinged together, means foradjusting one part relative to the other, castings adapted to be fixed to a door or Window casing and provided with concave seats for the reception of the ends of clamps, clamps composed of two mating parts detachably connected and their ends adapted to enter said concave seats and also adapted to embrace and clamp the bars of the awning-frame, clips having mating heads adapted to be fixed to a door or window casing and connected by a round stem and a flexible cover fitted and attached to the awning-frame, all arranged and combined as shown and described for the purposes stated.

WALTER S. ARMSTRONG. \Vitncsses:

JAs. BARELS, THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

